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There is no way I would go back to being as big as I was before. I have suffered from some drooping, but not as bad as I had worried about---so sticking with them as they are!!! A DD is more than enough....is hard enough to buy that cup size in a smaller band size. I can find tons of 40-48 DD but try dropping below the 40 and they become scarce. Is another rainy morning---kind of hoping the rain continues today----we have another late game tonight, I would not cry over it being rescheduled!!! I happened to look down, as I typed, and I sure do need to do my nails!!! Scary! Better get things ready to go. Will see y'all soon!

Hi all..... One more day behind me!!! Work was usual, not fun, but wierd, I like the work, I would like the job with a different attitude of the Office Manager. She can be nice, I have seen it! She can also be a witch! She set me up today, and that pissed me off! She sent me away from the job I was doing, to do one she did not want to do, and then did not do my original job, and the Dr., come to me to find out why the job wasn't done, and she sat there zip lipped! I told him, I didn't know why it wasn't done, she did that patient, then I went and did it.....grrrrrrr Tweety, I had 2 weeks worth of low fat, high protein diet to follow prior to surgery. I was supposed to lose as much weight as possible, to reduce the fat on the outside of the liver. BB after dinner!!

Super tired this morning. I would have loved to stay in bed, it is rainy and dreary, perfect sleeping weather. We had a late (9:30) game last night. Was a wierd game, the umpire was a freakazoid! He ejected all these players for unsportsmanlike conduct, and all they were doing was joking with our team, and we were joking back, but it just happened when their team was at bat. It ended up causing them to be short on numbers to make a team, and resulted in a forfeit. Our team sent a couple over to play so we could at least scrimmage, which totally PO'd the blue, he has to stay while people are on the field, even if he is not working the game---he is responsible for maintaining the field until the close of game time, which is an hour. We figured when he got so bent outta shape, he was just trying to get home early. Then when I told Rick the Bronco's score he got totally mad, and was kicking the bleachers--while he was on the phone---it was almost comical. The field blue stayed around, and even called the game for us. In the end, with 2 of our players, they beat us! LOL It went in our win column because of the forfeit, but we did not "win" it! I have Beans in the crockpot.....mmmmmm they smell good already. I want to make some homemade red chile to go with them, but time is not in my favor to do that....we'll see. I made burritos night before last, so tonight we will have beans and the next night, I plan to mix them all and make stuffed sopapillas with it! All of it being done will make it quick and easy. I was all put out when I got up and the 1.5 pounds is still with me, then I remembered I ate tons of sunflower seeds during the game....all that salt always gets me. Better go get things together so I can get outta here. I don't wanna go.

Just spole to g4e again, and she is facing 2 more tests, scheduled for Friday and Tuesday, to determine if her heart can withstand the type of chemo they are wanting to use, and to check on her bone marrow. Once they are back, then they will start a combination of radiation and chemo. Looks like she is for a long treatment. She said to thank all of you for thinking of her. I will check in with her again in a few days and report. Plain, I know she would love to hear from you. She misses her internet! We have a late game, 9:30---I hate these games, it is after 11 by the time we get home, and then in the shower and bed and it is after midnight it seems. Then the alarm goes off really soon after to start all over! It was a TRUE Monday, all day long. Crappy day. My office manager, cannot be pleased. I finally had a bit of a time today that I ask her and the Dr, to please get on the same page, and decide how they want the charts handled, because I cannot do it to please both of them, when they want them done differently. Then she gives the ol' "of course you do it however the Dr. wants it....." BS! Oh well, I shoulda known! Will try to check in in the morning! Have a great night everyone! Bristlecone-----welcome!!!

I do canned green beans, as that is the way Rick prefers them unless they are FRESH out of the garden and roasted, otherwise the can with a bit of bacon and he is happy. That is pretty much the only canned veggie we eat. We do frozen ones...corn, peas, mixed veggies. Cauliflower, broccoli, greens (which he does not eat!) I do fresh. Squash we pretty much only eat during the summer when it is fresh. I freeze grated squash, and use it to make zucchini bread through the winter, but have not found a way I like to eat it as itself after being frozen! Occasionally he will want hominy, and I buy it canned....but we don't do a lot of canned things. I use soups, as bases for different dishes, but not a lot of cans overall. It was nice 50 degrees here this morning, I got up, put on short sleeves, sit down in here to pay bills, and I hear it pouring outside....I cannot win!! I did not drink enough over the weekend, and by yesterday afternoon, my kidneys were telling on me. So I pushed the water last night, and spent the night up peeing! But I am not hurting this morning, so it is all good. I paid for it on the scale too---up 1.5 pounds! Oh well, was a good weekend, not complaining. Only that it was way too short. Totally NOT ready to go back to work today! Kinsey changed her mind Tracy, she is a monkey for Halloween. She LOVES monkeys. She has them hanging from the ceiling of her room on vines, and has them on her bed set....and they went into Old Navy, and she saw the Monkey costume, and out the window went her bumble bee. She was soooo happy, she called me from Albq. to tell me about it. She said it has a fat belly from eating too many bananas! I told her maybe I would put nanners in her trick or treat bag instead of candy she said ok!! Well time for me to run. grrrrrrrrr Suzanne, hope you are feeling better. Michelle, get outta that funk, and vent to us! Jenn...(hugs) Sorry I am out of time y'all! Traffic in the morning well, and in the evening SUCKS!

I found some shirts today at Walmart that were longer and narrower, look in the junior dept. They seem fitted more like we are looking for, and most of them go from an XS to an XXL which is like a 17-19. Opposite from misses sizes, numbers wise, but I have found the pants to be longer, and not so long in the crotch to waist measurment, I buy almost all junior sizes in my pants now. Suzie, I have some strictly Halloween decorations---witches, and skeletons etc. Mostly things DH has bought, he comes in with new Halloween things every year! Personally, I buy scarecrows. I LOVE them! So I have suede feeling placemats that look like fall leaves, and scarecrows all over, that I can leave out, and use through Thanksgiving. They are just fall looking. Same with Christmas, I have the usual Santa's and such, but 90% of my Christmas decorations are Snowmen! I like them like I do scarecrows!!! I usually put it up the first part of December and leave it til a few days after Christmas, and get my house back to "normal"-----by which time I will be very ready, because from here on out it is one or the other!!! Getting some of my Christmas shopping done. We made a list of all the kids, grandkids etc. And we have ideas.....we have been buying hoodies for everyone, as we find ones that fit the personality of the person. I am putting them in boxes (I get PERFECT boxes at work) writing their names on the box and stacking them in the corner of the garage. DH bought each of the kids (families) a set the other day that had carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, fire extiguishers and a kit to teach your kids how to get out in an emergency, in them. They all have smoke detectors---not sure about the other items, but he thought they were great, and he took the initiative to buy for the kids, without me --- so I am loving it!!! I am off to kick back and watch my Sunday night TV!!

I am a firm believer in Karma, what goes around comes around....when you do right,eventually it comes back to you. And when I find that really hard to keep believing, I pray it is true!! Suzie, I am so sorry that you are getting sick. I have been told that if you have the virus in your system when you get the shot it will not help, and that most flus have an incubation period of 2 weeks. That if your body can fight the exposure for 2 weeks, then you are ok, but if you weaken during that time, then you get it. And getting the shot is supposed to be the same as weakening. I hope it is something else, just a fall cold perhaps. Drink lots, and rest. You are ALWAYS covering shifts, let someone else cover yours for a couple of days, and do all you can to minimize it. I too am tall -- 5'9" and hate that clothes are not made proportionatly for me. Even in big clothes, they got wider, not longer. Now it is the same, my belly was always my issue, and it was horrible! Since my TT, it is not so bad if the shirts are not as long, but----I prefer them to come over the top of my pants!!! LOL Got the house decorated for Halloween/Fall. Went with scarecrows everywhere, and skipped most of the scary Halloween things, this way it can stay up til Thanksgiving, come down for Christmas to go up. I used to love decorating, and miss having it up, just do not have the time. But my Granddaughter come in and ask me where my Halloween decorations were....made me feel bad! When she come over next she will be happy! Granny got busy!! Well, guess I will get busy--I have ribs ready to hit the grill, and have a couple things to do to finish off the rest of dinner. Made the mistake of buying a bag of candy corn......

Tchr, that was one of my real eye openers, was being able to wear DH's clothes....I had felt for so long like I was so much bigger than he was. To wear his clothes, and eventually to weigh less than he does were major accomplishments to me. The other day I grabbed a long sleeve tshirt of his, to go get wood in, and it fit like a dress....I showed him, just to let it sink in that I am no longer bigger than he is. I think he "gets" it more than I do. We play around and hip bump one another walking through parking lots -- juvenile I know-- used to be I could send him sailing....not so anymore, he has to check himself, or he literally knocks me into cars!!! And when he drapes his arm over my shoulders or around my waist, and actually hooks his hand on my hip bone, I feel so friggin' successful I cannot explain it! Today we went to a movie (Zombieland) and the arm between the chairs lifts, so we lift it and kinda snuggle together. The theater was crowded so there was a man, a tall, fair sized man in the chair next to me, and I did not feel crammed in at all. I used to feel so suffocated in a theater seat, I would even leave a seat open sometimes between DH and I so I felt like I had space.... Sometimes those things have to be remembered, to realize how far we have come! I know I did some backsliding, but I have seriously changed my life! Today I felt proud of it...... Zombieland was not what I expected. Not as bad as I originally thought it would be. Not as good as some who had seen it led me to believe it would be. But I laughed my butt off, and it seemed like it was a really short movie, when in actuality, it was the normal 2 hours, it just went by quickly. When we left out, our plan was to see Couple's Retreat, but it was sold out----so we decided to try Zombieland. Was so far out there....but hey it passed 2 hours, I ate popcorn and snuggled with my DH, so it was all good!!! I am off to read some posts while he finishes watching his show on TV.....see y'all tomorrow.

Hey just wanted to stop in and let you know I spoke with g4e this morning. All in all the news is good, they have not found and evidence that the cancer has spread, they think it is contained within the thyroid this time. It appears to be the same type of cancer she battled the first time, meaning it is a rare, almost unique to her type of thing, and they were able to controll it then, and have hopes of doing the same again. Originally they were talking radiation, now the discussion is more along the lines of chemo. The cancer center she is going to is run by Dr.s who are brothers, and one runs the radiation treatment teams, and the other the chemo treatment teams---and they communicate very well, so hoping they come up with a good plan for her. She sees the chemo side of things on Monday and I told her I would call Monday evening. She says she misses LBT terribly and to say hi for her! So.......HI!!!!

Tracy, just the fact that she is actually willing to discuss the matters with you both present in a civil manner is a good thing! I agree that I would make sure all of it is in writing, and I would go ahead and push to make something legal in the way of the house, either get it out of his name, or have it in both names, so that he has fair warning of any foreclosure issues..... I for some reason feel reassured by what you typed!! That could be attributed to what all I have drank tonight!!! When Rick got home, we sat out on the porch and talked and swang (is that even a word???), and were having some beer! When around the corner of the house come some friends, they sat down and we had a few more beers....then before long, here come our other friends, so we had a few more!!! Then we all decided to go to dinner, Becky drove because Rick and I were unable!!! We had a couple more at dinner, and I am feeling much better about work and being away from it right now. Rick wants me to quit---I am kind of in a frame of mind, I want to make them fire me, and draw unemployment on them!!! LOL that could be the drunk me talking!!!! OH well....... Well, I am off to the shower, think I will see if I can lure this drunk guy in my LR to join me!!! LOL I know TMI!!!

Hear ya on all that Taps! I am not a winter fan.......I do not ski, I guess I don't mind it as much as I used to when finding a coat to fit was an issue, but I still do not like it! I am very unhappy in my job---was hoping to like it, and all in all I truly like the work, especially the labs---but the interaction between the office manager and myself is horrible! I am finding common ground more and more with Ebony. It seems like this week she wants things this way, and next week, she looks at me like I lost my mind, she NEVER said that....and she will only confront me with the issues, when we have patients waiting, and hearing, it is her way of showing all of them she is my boss, like I give a rats a$$! Was considering a job offer here, it does not have as good of hours, but almost to a point of not caring.....and I fantasize about leaving her in a bind! LOL Oh well...... I am flitting back and forth between 8's and 10's. Some look baggy, others, make me have a muffin top! A look I don't want!!! I fight against it, and have you noticed the young girls in the stores who bare their bellies, and they have big bellies? Freaks me out! Slim, heck if we had known all it took was not having a car to deter Mommy Dearest, I woulda come and "stole" it!!! Hope she steers (yeah pun kinda intended) clear for a loooooong while! Missed ya around here....welcome home. DH is on his way home, and I am considering a few drinks, it was a crappy day, thinking I would like celebrating a couple days off with just him.....and celebrating the fact that we are off, and we are FINISHED hauling wood! YAY!!! Last weekend we (along with our kids, in their trucks and trailers) hauled well over 10 cords of wood home. Cedar, it is heavy--and dirty, but burns well, and smells better than most. I have to confess, I turned to my old friend when the day went so badly.....I just ate an entire Baby Ruth! I should feel badly, but I don't!!!!

Hey y'all I am running late for work. Nothing I wanted to wear worked! The clothes I have been wearing are getting baggy (YAY) but the smaller size seems tight----so I tried and tossed out a few things, so now I am short on time!! Game last night was rescheduled, neither of our teams had enough players to show up. It was an early game, and we had too many people still at work. And one of our guys (along with his wife) had just had their 4th son.....so we thought we would have to forfeit, but they did not have enough either, so we rescheduled with the agreement of the league pres and 2 blues who agreed to work the game. What a pain! Will be calling g4e this weekend and will update what is happening. I have not heard anything, and I know she should have got her package, so maybe she is out of town or down from testing. They may have already started her radiation. Will let ya know. Gotta run, see ya later!!!

Running late for work, nothing worked I wanted to wear. Running into the too tight vs. too baggy look. Grrrrrrr. Well I kinda like it, it means the clothes I have worn for months are now too big, but I need another few pounds off right in the waist to make them look good. Oh well, I will not lose that, I will just get skinnier legs!! Will check in during the weekend. Today is going to be a VERY stressful day, I made a mistake yesterday I know I will hear about today, repeatedly. It was shown to them, I did it, I copped to it immediately, but we had no patients yesterday, no one for her to berate me in front of so it will happen today, I'd lay odds on it. I hope I can hold my cool. Rick keeps telling me to walk out.....at least I know if I did blow up and do that, he would support the decision! See ya tonight!

I've not gone anywhere, just running out of time! I move around and place a post or 2 a day is about all, do the same on FB---and thats it! With work and softball, and kids and grandkids, and hauling wood, and winterizing our house, and the parents houses....we have not slowed down. This weekend, we have decided to be lazy! We are going to a movie, and gonna sleep in. I am so excited it is pathetic!!! Will find time to check in, it is gonna be harder to get rid of me than you think!!!! LOL

I feel your pain and shock, my oldest DD, has RA. It has been 4 years since she was diagnosed, and has had some bad times with it, but overall, she is well more of the time than not. She takes 2 different meds, one orally and one a shot she takes each month. She has a 5 year old, and her bf has a 6 & 7 year old he has custody of, so they stay busy. She works full time, and has to, so that she has good insurance. Please accept a HUGE ((((((cyberhug)))))))--I know the shock, disbelief, and horror of getting news like this about your child. My heart goes out to you---please come here and vent, and if you want my #----PM me.

Hi, will call g4e this weekend, sent a pkg off to her a couple of days ago. Will report what I know when I know it! Well our game sucked, it can only go in the W column if W stands for We got our butts kicked!!! I am off to yet another fun day at work---morning is slow today to make things even better.....ugh Michelle, yes it is that Heather, her little girl is a few months old now. Gotta run, sorry, no time for personally chatting with all of you--------miss ya!

Tap, preparing the garden for winter is kind of sad, but my DH gets perverse pleasure out of finding wierd things to mix in the soil over the non growing season! He brings home metal shavings, iron, and sprinkles around, and then dusts the snow with stuff that melts in as it does. He never leaves it alone. Now in his defense, our gardens, and pots look amazing, and people are shocked by them, and he swears it is that......so maybe you should do his thing and spend the winter spoiling the soil!!! We have a game tonight, if the fields are fit to be played on, it is raining. I hate this weather, I never know how to dress, it is freezing in the morning and late evening, and hot in the middle! LOL Will likely check back in with all of you in the morning.....off to work with me.....the friggin' fun never ends!

It is raining here too. Never sure what to wear to work, it is freezing in the morning, and hotter than hell in the afternoon! We have a game tonight, if the fields are ok to play on, so will likely be back in the morning. Unless someone wants to go to work for me today...? Any takers?????

For those of you who chatted with Heather on the other thread, she posted that her Father passed away----thought you might want to PM her. Off to bed. My dinner is not settling well, I simply cannot eat Pasta anymore......well not enough to consider it worthwhile!!!

Good morning girls~ ABQ was a blast, we totally enjoyed the kids and the balloons, and just having fun. Exhausted me tho!!! Sunny, welcome, everyone in here at one point or another has struggled, or is continuing to struggle, but that seems pretty common in whatever path you choose. Together we can do it, and now you have a double good reason for doing so--avoiding full blown diabetes is a REALLY good reason to adjust the eating. I was on metformin for several months prior to being banded, and was at a point of self torture trying to make myself behave! I would force myself to check my blood sugar before allowing myself anything that was questionable to eat. It helped because I despised poking my finger! Soon I just let myself off the hook, which has been my problem all along---------follow through! I do not want to go to work today! Rick's work phone rang off and on all night long, so it was not a restful night, then about 2:30 AM, his guys called and they were stymied over why something was not working, so he had to go in, then I slept fitfully because he was not there.....and he is still at work. And I am whining about going in for my 8:30 - 5:00!!!! I know I shouldn't....but I still don't wanna go. We were closed Friday, so it has been even longer than an average weekend for patients to forget appointments, so they are either no shows or everyone is running behind, so we do this rush/stall pattern all day. And the lab at the hospital will not have my labs til tomorrow, as the mail is not running I guess, I got some sort of email about it. Gonna be a wierd day! Well I finally finished my banana, so guess it is time to go! See ya all later tonight....while DH watches football through his sleeping eyes!!!

Was a really strange night for me. I told Jenn about this, but will try to condense it.... I had a friend from grade school all through the years, she was without question one of my very best friends, we went through all kinds of things together. We went to court with one another trying to get child support from our ex's, she even lived with me at one point when we were young and she had nowhere to go. We talkd 2-3 times a week, and emailed daily---we were very close. We had DD's the same age, and our DD's had their kids 1 day apart! A few years ago, she was a single parent hitting rough times, we loaned her money, helped her move, bought her son some boots for work, just helped her again try to get on her feet. She has fought with alcohol abuse for years. So after helping her move, and settle in, I had gathered some things for the kids I thought she needed, and showed up to give them to her, and lo and behold, her live in boyfriend answered the door----MY EX HUSBAND!! Now I have no real issue with her being with him, other that she knew he was an a$$---but it caused serious problems with my DD and I. Once when Rick was out of town, he called me, the ex I mean, and he knew all this crap, and I jumped my DD over it, and when she said she didn't tell him I all but called her a liar! She was not the liar, my former friend was. And she knew---that was the kicker---I told her how my DD was sharing things with her Dad about me I didn't like, and she never fessed up, still hid it. I give her money--money she used to feed his worthless a$$, a man who never paid his CS to feed his child, and I fed HIM??? Nuh uh! I wrote it off, with friends like that, who would throw my child under the wheels of the bus to save their butts,who needs enemies??? So for years we have had no contact. I still see her family and all is well with them etc. Well she and my ex have been split for some time, he did the use and abuse and leave with her too--but he was not what ended the friendship---she did. Now.....finally the point. Her Dad died. I went to visit him in the hospital, and managed to avoid her, but tonight was the visitation, and I knew I would see her. We put off our trip to ABQ for it, we are leaving about 3 AM. So I saw her. OMG it was wierd! There was a mutual friend there with her when I saw her, which helped, and it was all good, there was no problem, but my goodness girls, the alcohol has destoyed her. Her clothes, and her hair were dirty, the veins in her face and eyes were broken. It was heart breaking. I thought to myself earlier today how glad I was for my band---I knew most of these people when I was very thin, then they all knew me at my fattest, so I was glad to feel comfortable in my skin again facing all of them with this "past" between us now. But weight was not the issue----it was so bizarre. I keep thinking, and hoping, it was shock, and sorrow, and all that had her so unkempt----I cannot convey how wierd it was that she was that way. You could smell booze.....so sad. Rick said it won't be long we will go to her services. I think he might be right. Sad. Suzanne-----I will surprise you with a call one of these days too!!! I interupted Tracy in LA, and interupted Jenn getting dinner for her kids.....I will catch you unsuspecting too!!! I called Jenn, because I felt bad, she spoke in the other room to people we thought of as friends, and was totally ignored. I recognized it, because it happened to me too. Was so much fun talking to her tho!!! Irene----girl you do what you need to do, to be happy and healthy, and if that is another, different surgery, then go for it! There is not a one size fits all cure for us.....so whatever it takes to find yours!! Rick took my wedding rings and had them sized as a surprise for our anniversary next month. They come back today and he could not wait!!! I love it! I love them, as much as I did back then!!! They were a size 9.5 according to the invoice, and now are a size 6! YAY!!!! I love them, I love him!!! Gotta go, or I will never make it up in the morning to go and will sleep all the way with the kids, and that isn't fair to Rick! LOL See y'all when I get back!

Made the visitation without issue, was smoothed over by a mutual friend (another of the "old" gang) being there with her when we arrived. We spent an hour or so sitting and visiting, with her, as well as with her family. Was extremely sad. Not just due to the loss of her Dad, who was a totally wonderful man, but my former friend looked bad. I know she has been through a hard time, but this is alcohol abuse related. That was hard to take. I had not seen her in awhile, and it was sad to me. I don't wish bad things for her, but she is not in good shape. We went to that, then to dinner, so now we will leave out waaaaaaaay early in the AM for Albq. I am talking middle of the night. But I needed to do this, and the kids can sleep in the car on the way. Will check in when we get back. Hope to hear great news from Ebony!!!

Ha ha ha ha I'm talking to Jenn!!!! LOL

Could not agree more Taps! I had today off, and loved it! Went and got new tires on my car, and spent the day shopping with my Mom. Something we used to do frequently, but not much since I went to work. I miss it, I miss time with her. I also had an amazing surprise today----a bit early, but DH had my rings sized, and I can again wear my wedding rings! They had been a size 9----now they are a 6!!! YAY!!! They have been cleaned and shine so much, they take my breath away, I love them as much today as I did all those years ago!!! Well, I have to go to a funeral visitation tonight....not something I am looking forward to. It is the father of a former friend. He was a very special man, and while I no longer choose to be friends with his DD, I would not wish this loss on anyone, and know going is the right thing to do. She and I had been best of friends from 6th grade on through 5 years ago. Sadly she does not "get" why we are no longer friends. She spent 2 years lying to me, while she was involved with my ex husband. Now I never thought she was that stupid, but if she seriously wanted him, then tell me, do not lie. It caused a serious rift between my DD and I. My ex called me, and he knew stuff that I thought the only way he would know was through our DD. I ask her not to share such personal stuff with him---she tells me she didn't. I all but called my own Daughter a liar. Ends up, she was not the liar. Through the time they were together, she borrowed money from me--which was not unusual, but she had been a single parent, and we helped her from time to time. We bought her son steel toed boots for his job, and spent 2 days moving her--our fuel and our backs, lugging heavy beds etc. Then I went over to drop some things for the kids, and lo and behold.....and when it all comes out, it has been going on for over ayear! I helped feed him, when he never paid his child support to help feed his child? And my "friend" knew this? Sorry, with friends like that, who needs enemies???? So I have not had anything to do with them in years. In the meantime, my ex, did her like he has every other female in his life, cheated, used and abused, and moved on..... So then I hear her Dad is terminal, so I went to the hospital to see him, and he had not changed, I still love her parents. It was her bad choice not theirs. But tonight at the visitation is the first time I have to deal directly with her since all this went on. I know it is terribly vain, but I must say, during times like this, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my band!!! I can do it without worry about my weight, and I ALWAYS worried about it in front of people who knew me in my thin days!!! Guess I will go get dressed.....I keep typing, and losing where I am at, looking at my ring!!! LOL

Just stopping to say HI, I miss you and readup when I get a chance. Sorry everyone seems to be fighting various cruds--we have been here as well. Rick got really sick, scared me! But we are well again, back to work again....yuck! Job is not great, contemplating my options. Dr. has disappointed me in several ways of late. Oh well....it's a paycheck!!! Grandkids are wonderful!!! We are taking Kinsey and Connor to the balloon fiesta tomorrow---well we are going to Albq. tomorrow, spending the night in a motel, letting them swim, going to do something fun for kids for dinner, then early Saturday (5AM) we are getting on a bus headed to balloon park, and will watch hundreds and hundreds of hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes go up! Kinsey has seen one or 2 on assorted trips to ABQ--Connor is thinking birthday party balloons. He keeps telling me he is going to pop them! LOL he is in for a surprise! I am looking forward to the trip----just them and Rick and I. We have tethers! They are curly like a phone cord, and have velcro straps on them, to go from wrist to wrist----we use them from belt loop to belt loop, keeps them from wandering too far, and they have full use of their hands. Jane, hope Charlie is shocked into action of some sort. Kinda like Judy's minister......but is sounds like both might need a 2X4 to the head!!! Haydee, I keep picturing you in one of those dresses, and the shoes, and sorry, the bubble hummer, just does not fit in!!! LOL Then again, in my opinion a long white stretch limo even would pale in comparison--you and your wedding will be so pretty!!! Pamela, was listening to the Ipod on a ride we took, and the music made me think of you and the concert you missed....made me so sad! We took the bike down a river road, to look at colors--was beautiful! Chilly, but worth it! We stopped to have dinner, and the ride home after that was COLD!! LOL Well time to get ready for work, I actually have tomorrow off, not sure why, they did not offer an explanation, only that the office is closed. Who cares??? I don't have to be there!!! LOL Everyone take care!!!